Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-01-13

no, imagine how you are gins TO dol You
viii have TO resort 10 ima}sdiste and direc,
"No Twin only say tti,.t II you do not
like your life II IL your ow, fault How can
man OF your age talk of being melancholy,
or OF the hoilowness OF existence Are YOU
consumrtiveT Are you sabjec TO hereditary
Insanity Are you deaf, like Aunt Blue.
bell > Are you poor, liks--lots ot peopleT
Have you been crossed In love Have you
lost the world for woman, or any particular
woman Tor the sake OF the world are you
teeble-miudsd, cripple, an ouicast Are
you--repulsiNely ugly ?" She laughed again.
'ls there any reason In the world wny YOU
should not enjoy all you have got In life ~
mo there ~ no reason whatever except
that am dreadmlly unluCky, especially In
small things"
"Then try big things, lust for n change
| suggested Miss Lsmmss "Trv aud get
married, ior instance, and see how 1t turns
OUT
OF II urns out badly It would I've rather
| serious"
"Not half So serious rs 1t is to sbuse every.
thing unreasonahly. Ii abuse is your patticu.
| lar talent, aouSs something that ought To
| be abused. Abuse the Conservatives or the
| Liberals, IL does not matter which, since they
| are always abusing each other. Make your
self felt 10y other reople. You will ike II II
| they don't Ii will make man of you. FIJI
| your mouth with pebbles and howl at the
sea, II you can't do anything else 1t did
| pesmcstheness no end OF good, you know.
You viii have the opportunity OF initiating a
| great man"
ideally. Miss Lammss, think the list Of
| Innocent exercises you propose
"Nery well-lt YOU don't care for that sort OF
thing, care for some other sort OF thing. Care
| Tor something or hate something. Don't be
idle Life Is short, aud though art may be
long, plenty of noise answers nearly As
| well
." do care for something mean, some
"a woman Then marry her, Don't hesi.
tate"
81 do not know whether she would marry
me, replied. Il have never asked her.
Then ask her at once" answered Miss
Ismmss ~ shall die happy If feel 1
have persuaded q melancholy fellow. creature
| To rouse himself to action. Ask her, by all
NJ eans sud see what she says II she does
no. accept you at once she NAV take you the
next time. Meanwhile you will have en-.
tered for the race. II you lose, there are the
'All'ased Trial Stakes and the Consolation
, | Race "
And plenty OF selling races into the bar
gsiu. shall take you al your word, Miss
| lammas?'
/ - hope you WILL" she answered.
"Since you yourself advise me- Will
Miss Lsmmss, will you do me the honor I,
| marry me- For the first time in my lif,
I the blood rushed to my head and my sigh
swan. l cannot tell why | said IL /
? | would be useless to try 10 explain the eN
e trsordinsry fascination the glH exercised
|
| feeling of intimacy with her " hch bad growI
in me during that half hour Lonely, sad
!, | unlucky as l had been all my lie, | WAS Ger
n | tainly not umid nor even shy. But 10 pre-
@ pose 10 marry q woman after half an hour
l | acquaintance was piece Of madness c
which never believed myself capable an,
II OF which l should never Ue capable again
!, could be placed In the same situation. !
a was as though my whole being had bee
changed in moment by msgic-by IN
! | white magic of her nature brought into cor
=. | tact with mine. The blood sank back to M,
q heart, aud moment later l found myse
r staring at her with anxious eyes. To m
Q | smsLement she was as calm ss ever, but be
+ beautiful mouth smiled and there WAS
= misChieyous light in her dark.brown eyes
: "Fairly caught" she answered. "For q
,r individual who pretends 10 be listless an
Y sad you are not lacking 10 humor. l ha
really not the least idea what you we're goin
'' to say. Wouldn't ii be sngUlsr,y swkwar
:. ior you II said Yes !! | never saw apybOd
begin TO practice 80 SHARPLY what wt
preached 10 him--with 50 very little loss
, time ~
/ You probably never met man who ha
!, being introduced"
a "No, ! never did" she answered gsyl,
d" 1t smacks Of the rom8ut.C Perhaps yC
70 are romantic character, after AL | shOu
~ think you were II 1 believed you. Yer
well you have taken my advice, entered T,
> Strangers Race and lost II Try the A
NJ aged Trial Stakes. You have another Gu
and a pencil. Propose 10 Aunt Bluebel
I she would dance with aston shmeut, and al
M might recover her hearing"
TO be Concluded To morrow.